Amazon lists that information prominently. If they are, then you need to consider whether it is worth buying them…even at these low prices. While they are in KU, you can, if you are a subscriber (and there’s a free month available right now), read them at no additional cost. There are, of course, advantages to owning books, especially if you want to re-read them. A book could move out of KU at any time. Even if you think you want to own it, if you are a KU member, you could always read it first to make sure.😉

I’m going to list some of the $3.99 or lower ones that caught my eye…I’m not necessarily recommending them, but I do think they are interesting.

The ones I list also don’t block text-to-speech access**…but I think blocking it is becoming rarer.

* I am linking to the same thing at the regular Amazon site, and at AmazonSmile. When you shop at AmazonSmile, half a percent of your purchase price on eligible items goes to a non-profit you choose. It will feel just like shopping at Amazon: you’ll be using your same account. The one thing for you that is different is that you pick a non-profit the first time you go (which you can change whenever you want)…and the good feeling you’ll get. Shop ’til you help! By the way, it’s been interesting lately to see Amazon remind me to “start at AmazonSmile” if I check a link on the original Amazon site. I do buy from AmazonSmile, but I have a lot of stored links I use to check for things.

** A Kindle with text-to-speech can read any text downloaded to it…unless that access is blocked by the publisher inserting code into the file to prevent it. That’s why you can have the device read personal documents to you (I’ve done that). I believe that this sort of access blocking disproportionately disadvantages the disabled, although I also believe it is legal (provided that there is at least one accessible version of each e-book available, however, that one can require a certification of disability). For that reason, I don’t deliberately link to books which block TTS access here (although it may happen accidentally, particularly if the access is blocked after I’ve linked it). I do believe this is a personal decision, and there are legitimate arguments for purchasing those books.

This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog. To support this or other blogs/organizations, buy Amazon Gift Cards from a link on the site, then use those to buy your items. There will be no cost to you, and a benefit to them.

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6 Responses to “Monthly Kindle Deals for $3.99 for less each: August 2014”

I just returned the second book of the “Witching Savannah series as my “Prime” book for July. I like the series, but it’s one the definitely needs to be read in order or the next book won’t make sense. Who knows if the series is still available for Prime now or not. No way to tell.

I thought this month’s selection was one of the weakest so far in that I’d already acquired the ones of interest to me through Prime or because they had previously been Kindle Daily Deals. Some of them had previously been offered free for a limited time.

I managed to borrow my KOLL book for August, but I was going in blind. I have not signed up for the free trial, so perhaps that’s why the borrow worked for me but not for you.

I would advise any folks who have the free trial of KindleUnlimited to NOT return their current KOLL book before trying to borrow a new one. That way, they at least will get the notice that they need to return the current book before the loan can go through. If they decide that’s the book they really want to borrow, then they can go ahead and click the button to return the perviously borrowed book. If they want to back out before the chosen book gets borrowed, they can opt to keep the current book.

Well, I actually did return my July book…to see if that would make the “Borrow for Free” button show up. I’ve never returned one when not in the process of borrowing a new one before, I think.

No luck…I’ve asked Amazon about this, because I don’t see how I can borrow a KOLL book this month.

I suppose it’s legitimate to ask why I want to borrow a KOLL book if I can get the same book as part of KU. Not much of a reason this time, but I want to feel like I’m getting my money’s worth out of Prime, and there may be times when the “ten books at a time” limit come into play.

Thanks for writing zebras come! The books in the KOLL were automatically enrolled in Kindle Unlimited. I understand that people can opt out but I would have to doublecheck. I have heard from Amazon that they are working on the ways that the buttons display.